Handle structure.



P. G. JACOBSON.

HANDLE STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.27.1914.

1,156,601, Patented 0015.12, 1915.

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l hprin s f ref-rre a Jewison, or Gelesen. tentacle HANDLE srnuc'runn Specification of Letters .Patent Patented @et @time Application filed August 2?, 191e; Serial No. 858,333.

My invention relates `to handle structures,

and has for its object the provision of proved mechanism at the lower endet a handle whereby an object to be attached to the handle may readily be attached and separated from the handle.

My invention `has been employed 1 for at ktaching handles to sweepers7 squeegees, etc.,

but is not to beylimited toobjectsthatare to be attachedmto handles by constructions embracing the invention. ,Y f At the end ofthe handle where it is attached there are providedtwo lugs, prei-v erably formed yupon 'a ferrule that receives a stickfportion or' the handle', `a complemental element of the attachingdevice/being yreceived at one end between `these lugs and at the other end being attached to a squeegee or other instrument. A bail is secured to the 'errule and is adapted to overlie'the said complemental element of the attaching de.- viceand to engage'the same at such a point that ywill, enable the bail readilyto lock the parts in position. The locking action of the bail Vis, desirably reinforced by forming the part thereof that engages said compleinental element into a spring that presses said complemental element towardf the handle stick. rlhe lower end of the errule carries ya loop 01' slotted @lement which, oererateswth the aforesaid lugs in holding the aioresaidlcoinf plemental element of the attaching device 1n y a fixed plane with respect to the balance of the handle structure. This loop has structural characteristics which are of advantage.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred embodiment thereof and in which- Figure 1 is a side View showing a handle in supporting relation with a squeegee, the squeegee being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the structure as it appears in Figs. l and 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a Sectional view on line 5. 5 of Fig. 3 showing,

hQWeVer, but a ypart of the structure that*V appearsin Fig. 3; and Figs. @and 7 are per spectivje views illustrating details of construction. f

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the difieren iigures. l

The handle stick l, preferably of wood, is received at its lower end within a ierrule 2 whichfiixedly carries upon its outerpend a plate or projection 3 having a loop opening or slot t whichk is elongated klaterally of the ferrnle. The ierrnle carries lugs 5 and 6 at its upper endthese lugs being separated longitudinally of the ferr-rile to receive the bight of a U-shaped member 7 which is se` cured at its ends by means of screws 8 to ay squcegeetlor other 'object whichisfto be fastened to the handle stick --'llhe inner lug 5 has' a semi-circular curve so as to t the inner curvature ofthelloop 7 at ythe bight ot ,the loop-7, though the outer lug 6 need not" be curved. A bail 10 is pivcted atdiametrically opposite points upon the errule 2 near the upper end of the ferrule, theV pivotal axis of the bail lying in a plane passiiigbetween the lugs 6 Vand f6. The bailcarries' a spring Aportion preferablyV in the ormof a springtongue ll, this Jtongue havingspringl engagement withthe bightportion of the loop l7 'l' when theV bail is pressed forwardly, as indicated clearly in'F ig. 5. Fhe loop space l in the plate 3 is of a width which equalsthe thickness ofy the rod Vout of which the loop 7 is formed whereby the yplate 3 is adapted to coperate with the lugsfand 6 and the bail 10 to holdthe loop element 7 infixed relation with the fer-rule 2 and the handle stick l.

.In assemblies the parte theater and of is sti/'ung away from the iilerrule whereafter the' loop element 7 is kpassed through the loop space i into the position indicated most clearly in Fig. 5 whereaiter the bail l0 is adjusted tothe position indicated in Fig. 5, in which vposition the spring portion l1 presses the bight portion of the loop 7 firmly toward the handle stick l. The plate 3 has a flanged continuation 31 in which segment-al recesses 32, concentric with the ferrule 2, are formed, these segmental recesses 32 receiving tongues 21 formed upon the ferrule 2. The plate 3 and its continuationA 31 are mounted in position by causing cesses or slots 32 whereafter the screw l2 is passedithrough the opening atthe center of the portion 31 and is screwed into the handle stickl l' to maintain the ferrule 2 and the plate portion 3, 31 in fixed relation. rlhe ferrule itself is maintained in fixed relation with the handle stick l by means of a screw 13 passing through slot ll extending longitudinally of and through the fel-rule. VThe screw 13 is not tightened until after the screw l2r has.` beentightened, the slot 14 permitting the ferrule to assume itsproper While I have'herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of i member for Vapplication to the device to ,s y A which `a handle is to be supplied; a handle myv invention do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown as changes-may readily be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thusl described my invention l' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the followingzv j f l. A handle structure including a loop which a handle-is to' be supplied; a handle part complemental to the loop member and carrying a pair of lugs between which the bight portion of said loop member may be received and also carrying a projection provided witha loopfopening through which a portion of the loop may be passed to enable,- its bight portion to be interposed between said' lugs and a holding device forengaging said loop'to hold4 its bight portion iny posi- 'tion betweeny said lugs.

2.-A handle structure including Va loopV member for application tothe device to which a handle is to bevsupplied; a handle partcomplementalto the loop member and :carrying a ypair of lugs between which the bight portion of said loop member may be received and also carrying a projection provided with'a loop opening through which a portion of the loop may be passed to enableV its bight portion r4to be interposed betweenVv Copies vof this patent may be obtained l said lugs; and a bail mounted upon the part received and Valso carrying a projection pro-L vided with a loop opening through which a portion of the loop may be passed to enable VYits bight portion to be interposed between said lugs; anda bail mountedupon the part of the-handle structure Acarrying the lugs and having a portion adapted to be engaged with the loop.' member to hold the bight portion of the looplmember in position between the lugs,y said Vbail carrying a springportion7 which isa part thereof, that engages *thel bight portion of thel loop Y member. Y

l.V A handle structureincluding a loop member for application4 to the Vdevice to part complemental tothe loop member and carrying a pair of lugs betweenwhich the bight portion ofV said loop member may be received Vand also-carrying a projection pro- Aso vided with a loop opening through which i a portion of the loop may be passed to en- Y, A able its bight portion to be interposed between said.k lugs; and l a spring holding device mounted upon the part carrying the vlugs `and adaptedvto 'be vengaged with the'loop member to' hold it kin positionbetween the lugs.

my name this twenty-third dayi'of September A. 11,1913.

Vitnesses Y Gr. L. CRAGG, ETTA L. WHITE.

for five cents each, byl addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

f 'Washington 13.03 e e Inwitness whereof, I hereuntosubscribe Perrier:v e. JAooBsoN. 

